Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Stephanie - Apr 25, 2005 6:13:54 am PDT #5529 of 10001
Trust my rage

Is there a word for cross-post, but when it happens in real life? Because my exercise ball just arrived today.


sumi - Apr 25, 2005 6:15:21 am PDT #5530 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Well, I basically used the dvd that came with the ball. That is the extent of my knowledge.

I bought the exercise ball at Target and it came with a dvd.

Let me tell you, the exercises were difficult and also, silly. I'm really surprised that I did them well enough to be sore today.

The ball is one of these.


Nora Deirdre - Apr 25, 2005 6:15:40 am PDT #5531 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Free-Kee Coincidence, Stephanie.


sumi - Apr 25, 2005 6:15:56 am PDT #5532 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I don't know Stephanie -- I guess it's an example of hive-mind!


Steph L. - Apr 25, 2005 6:17:18 am PDT #5533 of 10001
That which does not kill you should RUN

Is there a word for cross-post, but when it happens in real life?

Synchronicity. Or coincidence. Or spoooooooooky (oooOOOOooo!!!).

I can say with all assuredness that clippers will NEVER come near my hair.

::eyes well up::

Yeah, my heart bleeds for you, buddy.

That's the problem with short hair -- you have to constantly get it trimmed, which is annoying.

Don't think of it as a haircut. Think of it as an opportunity to have somebody else wash your hair on a more regular basis.

Eh. I mean, I like that part, but still. Eh. Annoying. (Though so is the hair that's in my eyes right now.)


Kate P. - Apr 25, 2005 6:17:25 am PDT #5534 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Don't think of it as a haircut. Think of it as an opportunity to have somebody else wash your hair on a more regular basis.

Ohhhh yeah. My hairdresser in Cape Town (adorable gay Afrikaans boy named Abraham) gave the best head massages I have ever experienced. Mmmmm.

(In other news, it appears to be SNOWING here in Hartford. What the fucking fuck?)


Kate P. - Apr 25, 2005 6:23:41 am PDT #5535 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Cereal (with banana): and now the sun is shining. Weird day.

We have cake today because it's our intern's last day (we are a cake-happy department), but she's not here yet, and I am impatient. Want cake now.


beekaytee - Apr 25, 2005 6:25:16 am PDT #5536 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

Thanks for the link sumi. There is a good link to a short article on the care and feeding of one's balance ball.

There is also a pretty hilarious photo showing how you can truss up your ball to turn it into a solo-flex. Can you say empire building?

My ball is just like yours (except blue) but sadly, I have the ball; I have no dvd.

Ima bet I run into it at a yard sale in the near future.

Stephanie, clearly we both have good intentions. Let's check in on our progress in about a month. Happy crunching to you!


sumi - Apr 25, 2005 6:26:12 am PDT #5537 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Mine is green. You choose your ball by your height.


Calli - Apr 25, 2005 6:26:40 am PDT #5538 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I want cake, too. And if the evil vending machine elves ever get around to restocking our Source o' Carbs, I'll probably buy something not entirely unlike cake. Broadly speaking.